After spending a short tenure as one of the front page writers here I moved over to Salon where, for the most part, I write exclusively. I also host two podcasts which have become a type of informal Trump University—except that folks are not scammed out of their money and there are actual experts who want to help the global public understand the disaster that is Trump’s regime.
On my podcasts The Chauncey DeVega Show and The Truth Report I have featured many of the country and world’s leading voices and experts on Trump and the social forces which launched him to power. I will be sharing some of those conversations here at the Daily Kos on a more frequent basis.
On this week’s episode of The Truth Report I spoke with Richard Painter. This conversation was recorded yesterday.
Richard Painter was White House chief ethics counsel under George W. Bush and is a frequent political commentator and analyst on CNN, MSNBC and other news networks. Painter is also a professor of corporate law at the University of Minnesota and the author of several books, including "Getting the Government America Deserves." He is also the host of "The Politics Podcast With Richard Painter."
1:40 Does Donald Trump think he is a king? How are Trump’s Ukraine machinations worse than Nixon and Watergate?
3:20 Donald Trump’s transparency about his willingness to break the law
4:44 Why the Ukraine scandal is the tip of the iceberg of many other crimes
5:30 Why Donald Trump’s bribery and extortion of Ukraine is so unprecedented and dangerous
8:24 How Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats should proceed in their impeachment of Donald Trump
10:20 Should the impeachment inquiry be narrow or broad?
13:14 Radical Republican ideologues will not turn on Donald Trump
15:23 If Trump is not impeached because of the Ukraine scandal this will only encourage his lawlessness. There will be few if any limits on Trump’s dangerous behavior — including political violence.
If you enjoy The Truth Report be sure to also listen to my other podcast The Chauncey DeVega Show where in addition to these great conversations and interviews you will also hear my commentary and analysis of the week's events.